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War [DVD] [2007]

DVD ~ Jet Li
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Ryo Ishibashi, Devon Aoki
  • Directors: Phillip Atwell
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Feb 2008
  • Run Time: 99 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000Z63YP2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,511 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
Jet Li stars in this fast-paced action thriller, playing an assassin named Rogue who has murdered an FBI agent. Now the agent's former partner is hellbent on revenge--and there's no avoiding a tense showdown with Rogue.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Average, 30 Jan 2008
By chelios1981 (Glos, England) - See all my reviews
A slightly under whelming action thriller that stars Jet Li as a Rogue assassin up against Jason Statham's obsessive FBI agent.

Both turn in the type of performances that you would expect, but with a quite a bland generic script and the occasional lull in pace, the film really doesn't have anything new to offer the genre.

In terms of the action there enough fights, explosions and car stunts to satisfy, but you get the impression that budget restrictions meant that they couldn't do larger scale stuff.

One interesting development late on that redeems some of the negative points is a nice plot twist that may not be obvious to all, and that really justifies the motivation of Jet's character.

In closing, not bad, but not up there with some of Statham's and Li's other movies.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Breach of Eastern promises, 23 Mar 2008
By Amanda Richards "Hotpurplekoolaid" (ECD, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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Short Attention Span Summary (SASS)

1. Shoot out
2. Ambush
3. Execution
4. Revenge
5. Obsession
6. Betrayal
7. Double Cross
8. Swordfight
9. Hand to hand combat
10. Atonement

There - that just about covers everything you need to know before watching this movie.

Essentially, it's a martial arts-based action film about a carefully engineered war between Triad and Yazuka gangs, with Jason Statham as Jack Crawford, an FBI task force leader, and Jet Li as Rogue, reportedly an ex-CIA assassin gone wild.

When Crawford's partner and his partner's family are murdered, Crawford commits himself to avenging their deaths, to the detriment of his own family life.

Not exactly all that it could have been, the plot isn't very good, and the ending is worse, but at least you can't fault it for providing non-stop action and thrills. Recommended for Statham and Li fans, and people who'd love to own a cool car like the Spyker C8 Spider.

Rated: 3.5 for entertainment (albeit mindless)



Amanda Richards
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing action thriller. Good cast but barely used, 22 Jun 2008
By Hooligween "Rowena the Red" (Kernow, Great Britain) - See all my reviews
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You'd think that an action-thriller which starred Jet Li and Jason Statham as opposing forces in the middle of a Yakuza/Triad battle for supremacy would be a sure-fire hit.
But it's not.
The flabby direction and limp script mean that the plot struggles along from one senseless shoot 'em up to the next. Statham is an FBI agent who's been chasing down the Triads and Yakuza for years, looking to revenge his partner who was killed by a Yakuza hitman called Rogue. Rogue turns up on the scene again just as open warfare erupts between the Chinese and Japanese gangs. It should've been great.
However, this film is kneedeep in pointless cliches and un-necessary 'hard man' antics which don't make either protagonist look tough (just a bit silly). The FBI don't really leap into the middle of gang gunfights and indescriminately shoot anyone who moves. Grumpy (sorry 'anguished') FBI agents don't always have to end up divorced and living along, eating out of takeaway pizza boxes. Nor do FBI operations rooms have displays showing the main bad-guy characters, with big notices saying 'Yakuza' and 'Triad' so the hard-of-thinking can keep track of who's who.
Now, if the pace had ripped along and the fights been thrilling, and if Jet Li had been his usual sublimely cool self, and if Statham had been harder than titanium nails, then none of this would have mattered. Mindless action movies are great, when they're great. But even the final fight, which we had to wait hours for, between the two top guys, was a let down. Poorly shot, jerky, confusing and ultimately unrewarding. Bah.
There is a nice bit of plotting which surprised us, and there are some good turns (the Yakuza daughter, for instance). So watching War wasn't a complete waste of time. But while you can get away with this kind of flimsy film-making when it's watched on a big screen (and the big booms and occasion cameoflage the short cuts), home viewing shows up all of its flaws.
So this is definitely one to rent, not buy.
5/10
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Good action packed film
Enjoyed the film what a twist at the end!! As for Jason Statham he won't be doing a War 2 !!
Published 1 month ago by S. Balloo

5.0 out of 5 stars Great film lots of action
I have watched the film a few times and it gets better with each viewing
Published 2 months ago by J. Bird

1.0 out of 5 stars Tripe
If you're thinking of hiring or buying this, don't. Unless that is you
want to see a confused, patchy revenge story based (very loosely) on the
likes of Yojimbo and A... Read more
Published 6 months ago by customer

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Film, don't know why people don't like it
Great movie.

The plot is quite good, keeps you guessing. All I can say, Jet Li is superb as always, and Statham gives yet another fantastic performance... Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Mihhailov

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good action movie (if you like these films)
Jet Li and Jason Statham (at their abitual standard) in a action movie fast, brilliant and serrated. Good action scenes, a intriguing plot with a final "surprise". Read more
Published 11 months ago by Empe

2.0 out of 5 stars ok
throwaway rubbish that delivers the goods but you cant help but think you have seen it all befor in better movies
Published 13 months ago by martin thomas

2.0 out of 5 stars War - What is it Good For?
Beleaguered action-thriller writers of the late 1980s must have thanked their lucky stars when it emerged that the straightforward substitution of Triads or Yakuza for Italianate... Read more
Published 13 months ago by M. Roddison

2.0 out of 5 stars underwhelming
Slow paced and patchy action scenes waste the talents of Mssrs Statham and Li.

Buy Crank, Shoot'em Up or Hero instead.
Published 14 months ago by K. P. Curtis

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!! a very different Jet Li movie.
Excellent movie with a very good twist ending that you may or may not see coming. Fans of Jet Li and Jason Statham will certainly wrap it up. Read more
Published 14 months ago by B. Mustafa

4.0 out of 5 stars really good
i really enjoyed this film. Me and my boyfriend had a whole weekend of watching films and he happened to have this. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ms. F. I. Macdonald

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